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University guide 2018: the faculty of health, social care and education, Kingston University and St George's, University of Londonhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/05/university-guide-health-social-care-education
<p>Our at-a-glance guide to the faculty of health, social care and education at Kingston University and St George’s</p><p>The faculty of health, social care and education is run jointly by Kingston University and St George’s, University of London. It offers a range of courses in nursing, midwifery and child health, radiography, social work, paramedic science, rehabilitation science, biomedical science and continuing professional development.</p><p>It operates from three sites in south west London – Kingston University’s Kingston Hill and Penrhyn Road campuses and St George’s Hospital in Tooting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/05/university-guide-health-social-care-education">Continue reading...</a>StudentsEducationUniversity guideHigher educationThe faculty of health, social care and education, Kingston University and St George's, University of LondonMon, 25 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/05/university-guide-health-social-care-educationPhotograph: PRStudents get to grips with the equipment on offer at Kingston and St George’s. Photograph: PRPhotograph: PRStudents get to grips with the equipment on offer at Kingston and St George’s. Photograph: PRGuardian Staff2015-05-25T00:00:00ZWhy every work experience placement must counthttps://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/oct/23/work-experience-important
I regretted not making the most of my first work placement – so I became determined not to miss another opportunity<p>Like many students, the thought of finishing university with a piece of paper saying that I have a degree, but no job to go with it, is disheartening. This fear has encouraged me to go out and get work experience.</p><p>When I started my degree I began to search for placements. I wanted as much hands on experience as possible so that I could make myself employable. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/oct/23/work-experience-important">Continue reading...</a>EducationStudentsSchoolsWed, 23 Oct 2013 09:00:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/oct/23/work-experience-importantPhotograph: AlamyIf you email people and show that you are willing to get stuck in, you are more likely to get a response. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyIf you email people and show that you are willing to get stuck in, you are more likely to get a response. Photograph: AlamySophie Kitching2013-10-23T09:00:07ZTechnology brings classroom experience to distance learnershttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/feb/18/distance-learning-through-technology
Distance learning programmes are handing out iPads to help students stay on course<p>Students on the University of Leicester's new distance learning MSc in security, conflict and international development face more challenges than the average distance learner. For example, some students might spend weeks with no access to an internet connection, working in a refugee camp in post-conflict countries. How does the university make sure these remote students have everything they needed to carry out their studies?</p><p>"When you're doing that sort of thing, you can't be carrying huge folders of printed material," says Prof Adrian Beck, head of the university's department of criminology. "It struck us that we needed to find a way for them to transport our materials that is highly flexible but low-weight, and gives them access to all the material they will need while on the go."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/feb/18/distance-learning-through-technology">Continue reading...</a>StudentsDistance learningOnline learningMon, 18 Feb 2013 20:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/feb/18/distance-learning-through-technologyPhotograph: Mike Harrington/LifesizeCourse materials can be downloaded on to mobile devices and accessed by students wherever they are. Photograph: Mike Harrington/LifesizePhotograph: Mike Harrington/LifesizeCourse materials can be downloaded on to mobile devices and accessed by students wherever they are. Photograph: Mike Harrington/LifesizeKim Thomas2013-02-18T20:30:00ZMade redundant? An MBA could change your lifehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/24/mba-rural-solutions
Kate Paterson found her career prospects dramatically improved by further study<p>Redundancy was a career changer for Kate Paterson, an architect in a large Manchester practice, who lost her job when the recession hit the property market.</p><p>She took her redundancy cheque, a loan and her savings to invest in a one-year full-time MBA course at Lancaster University Management School.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/24/mba-rural-solutions">Continue reading...</a>MBAsEducationBusiness management and marketingMaster's degreesStudentsThu, 24 Jan 2013 07:50:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/24/mba-rural-solutionsPhotograph: James A. Guilliam/Getty ImagesThe historic Levens Hall, south Cumbria, is a client of Rural Solutions. Photograph: James Guilliam/Getty ImagesPhotograph: James A. Guilliam/Getty ImagesThe historic Levens Hall, south Cumbria, is a client of Rural Solutions. Photograph: James Guilliam/Getty ImagesLiz Lightfoot2013-01-24T07:50:00ZOn the right course for a career in consultancyhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-students-consultants
MBA students will often find employment working as consultants – in some cases, even before they graduate. <strong>Liz Lightfoot</strong> reports<p>At some point in the future, a number of MBA graduates from Manchester Business School will come across a field of crops protected by biosensors instead of chemicals and know they had a hand in it.</p><p>They provided ideas for taking to market the innovative biosensor technology for early detection of crop disease and pests. Employed by Syngenta, the world-leading agri-business, the team of business school students, led by a senior tutor, undertook the consultancy project as part of their studies. It cost Syngenta just £1,000 for 800 hours of work from the team of&nbsp;five.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-students-consultants">Continue reading...</a>MBAsEducationBusiness management and marketingMaster's degreesStudentsWed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-students-consultantsPhotograph: HELEN YATESMBA graduate Dan Tasker. Photograph: Helen YatesPhotograph: HELEN YATESMBA graduate Dan Tasker. Photograph: Helen YatesLiz Lightfoot2013-01-23T14:00:00ZAre league tables the best guide when picking an MBA?https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-business-schools
Business school rankings can't tell you everything. As <strong>Liz Lightfoot</strong> reports, it is always best to do your own research<p>Anyone who thinks university league tables are elitist should take a close look at business schools. The hubris surrounding the Russell Group of leading universities in the UK pales in comparison to the fuss over the global business school rankings.</p><p>Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and MIT in the United States; London Business School, Said Oxford, Judge Cambridge and Warwick in the UK; INSEAD in France; IE and IESE in Spain; and IMD in Switzerland all jockey for position at the top of the world rankings along with a handful of others. They are expensive, top-end schools that sprinkle their brands on those clever, confident and rich enough to join them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-business-schools">Continue reading...</a>MBAsEducationBusiness management and marketingMaster's degreesStudentsWed, 23 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/23/mba-business-schoolsPhotograph: Bloomberg/NEAL HAMBERG/BLOOMBERG NEWSMBA students celebrate graduating from Harvard: the business school jockeys for top spot in the rankings. Photograph: BloombergPhotograph: Bloomberg/NEAL HAMBERG/BLOOMBERG NEWSMBA students celebrate graduating from Harvard: the business school jockeys for top spot in the rankings. Photograph: BloombergLiz Lightfoot2013-01-23T09:00:00ZIs studying an MBA a good investment?https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/22/mba-postgrad-success
Fees are high, and the work is demanding - but it's a course employers really value<p>It's hard work, expensive and it can deal a hammer blow to the toughest of management egos, but the master of business administration (MBA) continues to be one of the UK's most popular postgraduate programmes.</p><p>More than 8,000 new students enrolled at business schools in 2011 for courses accredited by the Association of MBAs. But if you are thinking of joining them in 2013, where should you start? Over the next few days, this series will guide you through the basics of MBAs, looking at the different courses on offer, how to apply, the cost and job prospects once you have graduated.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/22/mba-postgrad-success">Continue reading...</a>MBAsHigher educationEducationBusiness management and marketingMaster's degreesStudentsTue, 22 Jan 2013 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jan/22/mba-postgrad-successPhotograph: GuardianA part-time executive MBA at the Cranfield School of Management costs £33,000. Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianA part-time executive MBA at the Cranfield School of Management costs £33,000. Photograph: GuardianLiz Lightfoot2013-01-22T10:00:00ZApplying to university | Financeshttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/03/students-finances
University will test your financial skills, but a mix of loans, grants and bargain-hunting should see you through the academic year<p>This year, fees rise in many universities to the maximum of £9,000. This sum will be paid by the government direct to your university in the form of a loan, which you will repay, plus interest, once you've graduated and are earning more than £21,000 a year.</p><p>"It may sound daunting," says Annie Christodoulidis, a second-year history student at York university, "but it's not crippling." Her views are echoed by Sussex university financial assistance officer Jon Dale: "The repayment terms have never been better." But, he explains, it is important that students are speedy with their application to Student Finance England (responsible for administering the loans): "For those starting courses in 2013, applications can go in from the beginning of 2013. It's a great deal simpler than in the past. All that is required is for students to provide their total parental income and the relevant national insurance number(s). Everything is now checked automatically."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/03/students-finances">Continue reading...</a>StudentsAdvice for studentsSixth formStudent financeWed, 03 Oct 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/03/students-financesPhotograph: AlamyLearning to manage your budget is a vital skill. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyLearning to manage your budget is a vital skill. Photograph: AlamySarah Jewell2012-10-03T08:00:00ZApplying to university | Studyinghttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/02/university-studying-students
'University teaching and learning styles are very different to those in schools'. There's no learning by rote, which means lots more freedom. But the other side of the coin is that you'll need more self-discipline<p>When you start university, you'll find the way you study changes. School textbooks are replaced with academic journals, classrooms are swapped for giant lecture halls&nbsp;and "referencing" becomes a&nbsp;familiar&nbsp;chore.</p><p>Humanities students will notice the biggest difference when they're handed their university timetable – there's far less teaching time than at school or college. This means you can enjoy a lot more freedom, says Ian Shrimpton, a second-year philosophy student at Reading University.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/02/university-studying-students">Continue reading...</a>StudentsAdvice for studentsSixth formTue, 02 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/oct/02/university-studying-studentsPhotograph: Alamy'There are different rules for citing books, journals and websites'. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: Alamy'There are different rules for citing books, journals and websites'. Photograph: AlamyRebecca Ratcliffe2012-10-02T16:00:00ZNUS president backs 'direct action'https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/aug/08/liam-burns-nus-president-ukuncut
Liam Burns, the new president of the NUS, explains why he admires the tactics of UK Uncut<p>Over the past few months, Liam Burns has watched with admiration – and possibly a little jealousy – the stellar growth of the protest group UK Uncut.</p><p>The group, thought up by 10 friends in a north London pub last year, has gained notoriety by staging sit-ins at high street stores, whose owners it accuses of tax avoidance. Babies and pensioners – not to mention students – have taken part in UK Uncut's activities, making it the fastest-growing protest group in the country. Demonstrations by the group have forced several high street bank branches to close temporarily.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/aug/08/liam-burns-nus-president-ukuncut">Continue reading...</a>Student politicsStudentsHigher educationEducationMon, 08 Aug 2011 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/aug/08/liam-burns-nus-president-ukuncutPhotograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd'We have to reject the notion that the market is the answer to improving education,' says Liam Burns, the incoming president of the National Union of Students. Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures LtdPhotograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures Ltd'We have to reject the notion that the market is the answer to improving education,' says Liam Burns, the incoming president of the National Union of Students. Photograph: Paul Kingston/North News & Pictures LtdJessica Shepherd2011-08-08T19:00:00ZWill the new head of the higher education watchdog take universities to task?https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/sep/29/anthony-mcclaran-head-university-watchdog
As chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, Anthony McClaran has to decide what role the organisation will play<p>Like most of his contemporaries, Anthony McClaran had a radical phase when he was at university in the 1970s. He took part in an occupation of the University of Kent to protest against the catering provision.</p><p>He never really left university, or stopped trying to change life on campus. After studying, he went into university administration at Warwick, then became academic registrar, then acting registrar at Hull University. In 1995, he moved to Ucas (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service), and, in 2003, became chief executive.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/sep/29/anthony-mcclaran-head-university-watchdog">Continue reading...</a>University administrationStudentsHigher educationEducationQuangosPoliticsMon, 28 Sep 2009 23:05:57 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/sep/29/anthony-mcclaran-head-university-watchdogPhotograph: Adrian Sherratt/Public DomainAnthony McClaran, the new head of the university watchdog, at Ucas where he is currently the chief executive. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Public DomainPhotograph: Adrian Sherratt/Public DomainAnthony McClaran, the new head of the university watchdog, at Ucas where he is currently the chief executive. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Public DomainPolly Curtis2009-09-28T23:05:57ZInterview: Wes Streetinghttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jun/24/students.highereducationprofile
The new NUS president knows a thing or two about widening participation. He talks to Anthea Lipsett<br /><br />See our gallery of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/gallery/2008/jun/24/studentpolitics?picture=335216435">past NUS presidents</a><p>William Gladstone is said to have irritated Queen Victoria by addressing her as though he was making a parliamentary speech. Wes Streeting, the new president of the National Union of Students (NUS), seems similarly unable to speak softly, even to one person in a quiet meeting room. He is, however, at 25, remarkably composed and articulate - if slightly reliant on jargon - and is undeniably determined to do his best by students.</p><p>Streeting's first task is likely to be the most contentious. He wants to push through reforms set in train by his predecessor, Gemma Tumelty, who narrowly failed to convince students at the union's annual conference earlier this year of the urgent need to make the organisation more "relevant and representative".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jun/24/students.highereducationprofile">Continue reading...</a>StudentsHigher educationEducationUK newsTue, 24 Jun 2008 10:06:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/jun/24/students.highereducationprofileAnthea Lipsett2008-06-24T10:06:05ZKat Fletcher: Would like to meet Ruth Kellyhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/feb/01/students.highereducationprofile
She breezed in with high hopes, but a crisis inside the National Union of Students scuppered Kat Fletcher's campaign against top-up fees. She talks to Polly Curtis<p>Anyone would be forgiven for assuming that the National Union of Students had curled up in the corner to lick its wounds. Last March, 800 faithful activists descended on parliament on the day the government so very nearly lost its crucial vote on top-up fees. Its then president, Mandy Telford, with her peroxide hair and shocking pink coat blazing in the brilliant winter sunshine, promised every TV news bulletin that the government would be defeated. It wasn't. Since then, things have gone very quiet.</p><p>The previous day Kat Fletcher, a leftwing independent, had been elected the next NUS president, promising direct action against fees. The vote was even tighter than the one on top-up fees. She won by a majority of just two, breaking a Labour stranglehold on the union and becoming a symbol of the dissatisfaction of a student movement betrayed by its government.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/feb/01/students.highereducationprofile">Continue reading...</a>StudentsEducationHigher educationUK newsTue, 01 Feb 2005 02:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/feb/01/students.highereducationprofilePolly Curtis2005-02-01T02:03:00ZProfile: Ivor Crewe, president of Universities UKhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/feb/03/highereducationprofile.highereducation
Prospects for universities look good, says Ivor Crewe, but the fees bill is not through yet and there are still pitfalls to watch for. By Donald MacLeod<p>It's only half way through the first half, cautions Ivor Crewe, president of Universities UK, "it's just that there's been a lot of excitement at both ends of the pitch". Despite last week's cliffhanger victory for the government's fees bill, he says all the important elements are vulnerable to change in committee. Labour rebels, including Nick Brown, who switched sides on the morning of the vote with telling effect, are lining up to press for changes when the committee stage opens next week. </p><p>For the universities that means vice-chancellors must keep up the pressure on the ministers and MPs involved, and their president must keep the members of his fissiparous organisation playing as a team and not tripping each other up. A couple of weeks before the vote, as ministers were struggling to persuade their backbenchers, there were a number of unhelpful interventions from vice-chancellors. New university heads attacked variable fees and said only fixed fees could stave off a two-tier higher education system, while the Russell group made it clear it did not consider £3,000 nearly enough and wanted to raise the cap as soon as possible. Then the hubbub seemed to subside into something approaching a chorus - whatever their reservations the bill must pass its second reading, said (almost all) the vice-chancellors. Had the riot act been read? </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/feb/03/highereducationprofile.highereducation">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationTuition feesEducationStudentsUK newsTue, 03 Feb 2004 01:34:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/feb/03/highereducationprofile.highereducationDonald MacLeod2004-02-03T01:34:38ZProfile: Dianne Willcocks, principal of York St John Collegehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/20/highereducationprofile.highereducation
Despite some reservations, Dianne Willcocks is lobbying for the fees bill, reports Donald MacLeod<p>"Only two people in college have to be Christian - the chaplain and me," says Dianne Willcocks, principal of York St John College. There's no escaping the presence of the church, though: the college looks out over the city walls to the magnificent bulk of York Minster in what must be the best academic view north of Cambridge. </p><p>That doesn't mean the college, one of 15 church colleges in England and Wales, should be exclusive, in her view. A former Marxist now on excellent terms with the archbishop of York, she is passionate about widening access to higher education, and that means she has some serious doubts about the government's plans for top-up fees. This week, however, she will be lobbying to get the bill through its second reading - "coming to the aid of the prime minister", as she puts it with a smile - as an imperfect bill is better than not getting the investment at all. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/20/highereducationprofile.highereducation">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationTuition feesEducationStudentsUK newsYork St John UniversityTue, 20 Jan 2004 02:50:56 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/20/highereducationprofile.highereducationDonald MacLeod2004-01-20T02:50:56ZProfile: John McVicar, VC of University of Central Lancashirehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/06/academicexperts.highereducation
John Crace meets Malcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor at the University of Central Lancashire and intellectual bruiser of the anti-variable fees campaign<p>Malcolm McVicar isn't easily sidetracked. His plane to London has been forced to return to Manchester 20 minutes after take-off, due to a suspected engine fire, but he's still game enough to risk delays on Virgin Trains to make it to the House of Commons in time for dinner. But then there's a lot at stake just now when you're entertaining eight backbench Lancashire Labour MPs. Will top-up fees be up for discussion? McVicar smiles. "I'd be very surprised if they didn't crop up at some point." As indeed would everyone else. </p><p>In the past few months or so McVicar, vice-chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire, has been one of the most persistent and articulate opponents of variable top-up fees, the policy on which Tony Blair has staked his premiership. "I've tried to be a critical friend to the government," he says, "but that doesn't seem to be a tenable position. It seems you're either for them or against them: it's been made clear to me through informal channels I'm regarded as a pain in the neck." So no Christmas cards from Number 10 or the Department for Education and Skills? "Er, no ... but there never have been in the past." </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/06/academicexperts.highereducation">Continue reading...</a>Academic expertsHigher educationTuition feesEducationStudentsUK newsUniversity of Central LancashireTue, 06 Jan 2004 01:34:16 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/06/academicexperts.highereducationJohn Crace2004-01-06T01:34:16Z